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Last month I posted the leading official words of 2025 as chosen by each of the major dictionaries. Merriam – Webster’s word was slop defined as low quality digital content produced in quantity with the aid of artificial intelligence – video, fake news, altered advertisements, etc. Warning! Here comes political slop.

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We have already experienced the spread of disinformation in previous political campaigns. Leading tech journalists are beginning to expose how A.I. generated content has now surfaced in political advertising – fake images, altered voice-overs technically categorized as deepfake deception in the recent Texas (senate), New York (mayor) elections.

To me it sounds like there needs to be some advertising guidelines re: the utilization of A.I. generated content. Apparently 26 states have debatable laws regulating deepfake political advertisement requiring disclosure statements. Tech journalists project A.I. will become more frequent and widespread during the midterm elections since the head of the fish has set the tone with his brazen use of digitally altered content, plus A.I.-generated memes. Note: YouTube and Microsoft are working on technical standards to help identify the origin and authenticity of content, especially video to help candidates.

I am constantly evaluating the utilization of A.I. and the impact it will have on our future society. Candidly, political slop sounds ominous or as a close friend expressed after we discussed what is coming down the road: “Advancements in technology do not always result in positive outcomes. This is a good example.”